"do we need miracles in order for God to speak to us today"? Well of course we do! We need the miracle of the new birth! We need God to quicken our dead hearts make us alive in Him! But are you asking does divine guidance need a miracle for us to recognize it? Sometimes! Just like Peter stepping out on the water sometimes we have the idea but our faith is weak and we hesitate. Now does God still speak to us today? Through His Word, of course! Through the Holy Spirit applying the Word to our hearts? Again I would say yes. Will I ever hear the audible voice of my Lord and Savior speaking to me this side of heaven? To add to Scripture, of course not. But can God still speak to us if He chooses to or is He muted now? Harry --- Jen Epstein <jlepstein@...> wrote: > Harry: > > does > > that mean that Jesus is no longer active in the > > affairs of His Church and the believers that are a > > part of His Church? We know He still answers > prayer, > > does He not? And He intercedes on our behalf, > right? > > > > Does Hebrews 1:1&2 also rule out that the OT > > Theophonies were Christophonies? Or is it only > > speaking to the revelation of Scripture? > > I believe we can easily integrate this conversation > into the > inspiration one. I think the miracles were a sign > of God speaking to > His people partially for the purpose of developing > the canon of > Scripture. So do we need miracles in order for God > to speak to us > today, or does He do that through the Holy Spirit > interpreting God's > Word? > > I am not a biblical scholar, but I do believe that > the second person > of the Trinity is very clearly speaking in many > places in the OT. > Heb. 1:1 says that God spoke in various ways. I > would assume that > would include speaking through Jesus, the Word, so > rather than that > verse ruling out such a possibility, it seems to > make room for that as > well. > > > Blessings, > Jen Epstein ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ